Hello All
I am new here and need some help. I live in charlotte nc and have the task of finding my own pm doc for my ns to refer me to. He is in another state and does not have a network of referrels in my area. I had 2 discs replaced with cage and suffer from chronic pain. I also have nerve damage from as a result of the surgery. I am currenly taking duragesic 75 and lortab for bt. Can anyone help me locate a good pm doc in charlotte or nearby?
Thank you in advance.
flipper

Slipperyslope,
Thank you so much. Asheville is about 2 1/2 hours from me. I will certainly keep that in mind though. My fear is that I will find one in Charlotte that will not want to give me the pain medication I have been on. I would really like to get off of the pain meds all together, but everytime I have tried on my own, I have had horrible pain returning and withdrawal. I just want to make sure I really need it and am not just taking it because I am hooked on it. I don't think I am because I have really bad bt pain that I do not even take my medication (Lortab) for. I just take Tylenol and ride it out. Will they help me determine this? Any advice you can offer me to help determine this for myself? I am currenly on Duragesic 75 every 48 hours.
Thanks a bunch!

slippery slope,
hey. glad to hear you have a good doc in ashville, nc. i am about 45 min to and hour away and have had a hard time finding a good doc since i moved back from fl. first i started getting treatment at the VA and they werent willing to continue my oxycodone SR b/c they said morphine was just as good and much more cost affective. then i started seeing a doc (gen. prac.) in town who is willing to start me on a much lower dose of oc w/out any b/t meds. i am fine working w/ this but all of the sudden he is trying to send me to some of the same things i have already done. please dont get me wrong i am more than willing to try anything but one of the things he wants me to do now is go to charlotte to see some surgeon, who i am sure is great, but the guy wont even review my records to tell me what he possibly might be able to offer. charlotte is a long drive and i dont want to go all the way there just to have a nerve block, repeat surgery, something offered that i have already tried. i really hate to even get my hopes up for no reason. i have researched my particular condition and the treatments for it extensivly and if i believed for one second that this guy could help i would be all over it. noone at my current doctors office seems to understand why i wouldnt want to make an eight hour round trip, spend for gas, possibly a hotel room ect. ect. w/out having some reasurrence that he might really be able to help.

anyway if you could contact me w/ some info i would greatly appreciate it.
my email is [email]REMOVED[/email].

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Hi Beepers
The doc you have been referred to in Charlotte, is he/she a surgeon or pm doc? Charlotte has a lot of great docs and one of the best hospitals in the country. If you would like to tell me the name I will be happy to do some research for you.
Flipper

the doctors name i am not sure of. i havent seen them yet but believe i will be going down there at the end of next month. once i find out who it is i will let you know. thanks for the reply. they are a surgeon. supposedly a very good one. they did donavan mcnabbs sport hernia surgery that he had alot of problems w/. we will see i guess.

slipperery slope... can you give me the name of your doctor??? since you cant email me or is that bad also.